"Daughter of Jerusha Hart Powers (2nd married Brooks) and Nathaniel Powers II.
Married Samuel Russell Sr. Allen 13 December 1793 at Madrid, St. Lawrence, New York.
Mother of seventeen children: George Russell (1794-1894), Nathaniel Powers (1795-1870), Margaret Belinda [WILCOX] (1796-1847), William Cullan (1797-1828), Rachel [RICE] (1799-1869), David Daniel (1800-1875), Rhoda [THOMPSON] (1804-1874), Jerusha E. [HALL] (1806-1876), Salley [VANCE] (1807-1879), Sarah [VANCE] (1809-1891), Ema Heela {twin} (1814-?), Ezra Heela {twin} (1814-1848), Sophia [BATHOLRI][BATTEN] (1816-1898), Cherlotte [DOWNEY] (1818-1888), Harriet [FISK] (1829-1890], Cordelia L. {twin} [FISK][STORK] (1826-1896), Samuel Jr. {twin} (1826-1833).
Some sources report that Ema Heela lived one hundred years to 1914, but that has not been verified. Her twin, Ezra Heela Allen met an untimely death as a Mormon Battalion soldier in the Serria Nevada Mountains. As a scout for his troop returning from the California gold fields, he was supposidly attacked & killed by Digger Indians at Tragedy Spring."[1]
This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.
Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Chris Douglas GEDmatch M055274 and his cousin Bill Wise GEDmatch A805722. Their most-recent common ancestors are Nathaniel Powers and Jerusha (Hart) Powers. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 5, based on sharing 48.6 cM across 15 segments.
WikiTree profile Powers-1207 created through the import of Kenneth LeRoy Jordan Family Tr.ged on Jan 14, 2013 by Kenneth Jordan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kenneth and others.
WikiTree profile Powers-1242 created through the import of Kenneth LeRoy Jordan Family Tr.ged on Jan 14, 2013 by Kenneth Jordan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kenneth and others.
"California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2Z-7YFY : 16 August 2019), Sarah Jane Powers in entry for Ezrah Heeley Or Ezrah Heely Allen, 10 Jan 1847; citing Emigration, California, United States, California State Library, Sacramento.
"Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-Q8SR : 26 May 2020), Sarah Allen in entry for Robert Fletcher and Sophia Batten, 30 Dec 1863; citing Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,602.
"Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL6Y-4LT : 10 March 2018), Powers in entry for Sophia Allen Fletcher, 1898; citing Death, Royalton, Waupaca, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,663.
Relationships are confident by a triangulated group on MyHeritage consisting of Richard Douglas, Donna McDonald, and Jane McCoy, who share a 10.8 cM segment on chromosome 8. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Nathaniel Powers and Jerusha (Hart) Powers.
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